Henry KYLE, Sr. (~1775-184x) +
Peggy ???? (~1773-185x)

Mary “Polly” (~1805-188x) — PARENTAGE DOUBTFUL; m. William Samples prob. about 1832

Mary Ann (1809-1878) — m. Moses Roberts on 3 Feb 1830

Henry, Jr. (4 Nov 1811-~1887) — m. ?Gavisa? Keith about 1833; m. Rachel Ragsdale on 10 Sep 1850; m. Sarah Lane on 3 Jul 1865

Jacob (1 Jun 1816-22 Mar 1883) — m. Fanny ??? in 183x; divorced; m. Sarah Ann Airhart on 7 Apr 1839; m. Sarah Elizabeth Rinkel Adlé on 1 Jun 1858

others

Margaret Ann “Peggy” Kyle (18 Nov 1825-17 Dec 1886) — PARENTAGE DOUBTFUL; m. John Marion Hall in 1849; m. Hugh Prior Brawley, Sr. on 19 Oct 1856

Henry was born about 1775 in Pennsylvania, and probably spelled his last name “Kile”, as did many of his descendants. Family lore says he came from Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and was of German extraction, so the name likely began as “Keil” or maybe “Kiel”.

The only definite information about Henry’s wife comes from the 1840 census, which indicated she was also born in the 1770s. She was probably the widow who showed up in the 1850 census as Peggy Kile, born in South Carolina about 1773. Her maiden name is unknown. An ancestry.com family tree claims Henry’s wife was Bettina Mueller (1770-1850) from Germany, but provides no source. The same tree claims Henry’s parents were Daniel Kyle and Elizabeth Muller, both from Scotland, which I don’t see as advancing its credibility.

Other online postings claim that Henry’s wife was Martha Ann “Patsy” Bankhead (12 Jul 1780-22 Nov 1866) from South Carolina, but this is a confusion with a different Kyle family that also moved west into Tennessee before heading into Alabama and, later, Texas. (See the section below entitled, “Patsy Bankhead, Who Was Not a Clark Ancestor”.) They were probably kin, but the John Henry Kyle from Pennsylvania who married Patsy Bankhead died in York County, South Carolina in either 1818 or 1827, depending on which family story you accept.

There’s no record of where Henry and his wife married, or where they lived in their early years. In the Carolinas, probably. The 1800 census for Wayne, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania showed a man named Henry Kyle who could have been him, living with a younger woman and a girl. The Henry Kyle in the 1810 and 1820 census records for Yorkville, York County, South Carolina was the other one, the one who married Patsy Bankhead. Our Henry and two brothers, George (177x-183x) and Jacob (178x-18xx), are said to have settled their families in Monroe County, Tennessee in the 1820s. Monroe County is the southeastern corner of the state on the western edge of the Smoky Mountains, and was established in 1819.

The first definite record of them is the 1830 census for Monroe County, which showed the three Kile brothers and their families. George and his wife, in their fifties, were the oldest. Jacob was in his forties, with a wife in her thirties, so odds are he was the youngest. Henry and his wife were supposedly in their forties, with four children: a son and daughter in their twenties, and two boys in their teens. Their just-married daughter Mary Ann was also living in the county. One story places the family home on or near Bat Creek, several miles east of Sweetwater. Bat Creek rises west of Madisonville and flows northeast across the northern part of the county, ending in the Little Tennessee River near Morganton.

The 1840 census for Monroe County listed Henry and wife both in their sixties. They were living next door to the family of their daughter Mary Ann and her husband Moses Roberts. On the other side was a Barbara A. Kyle, fifties, with two girls in their late teens. Brother Jacob’s widow? Son Jacob was on the same page of the census, as was a George Kile, a married man in his thirties. Possible daughter Polly and her husband William Samples were in the county also.

Henry died in the 1840s, reportedly in Sweetwater. The 1850 census of Monroe County listed a 77-year-old widow named Peggy Kile from South Carolina, living in District 9, the area of Morganton. This was probably Henry’s wife. She was living with her presumed daughter Polly Kile Samples (born about 1805), who later told the 1880 census that her father was from Pennsylvania and her mother from North Carolina. This convincingly establishes Peggy as the wife of one of the three brothers. There’s no further trace of Peggy, so she probably died in the 1850s.

Children

Mary “Polly” Kyle (~1805-188x)

Polly might be a daughter of this family, but the evidence is weak. It depends entirely on her having Peggy Kyle living with her in 1850 – but her given name was Mary, and it’s unlikely that a second daughter would also be named Mary. Maybe she was a niece, or maybe Peggy wasn’t Henry’s wife after all. Still TBD. Polly married William H. Samples (~1797-187x), date unknown. There was a 16 Feb 1826 wedding of a William Samples in Greene County, Tennessee, but that’s probably a different couple – the record doesn’t give the bride’s name, the 1830 census of Monroe County showed William by himself, and anyway Greene County is a good hundred miles east of Monroe County. Census records show four children:

William (1833-????) — m. either Frances ??? or Sarah H. Davis

Samuel Henry (18 Dec 1835-19xx) — m. Nancy Snodgrass about 1868

Margaret (1838-????) — m. A. G. Harris on 27 Jun 1861

Mary A. (1843-29 Nov 1924) — m. ???? Vincent

William died in the 1870s, and Polly probably in the 1880s. Polly told the 1880 census that her father was from Pennsylvania and her mother from North Carolina. Maybe she made a mistake, maybe Peggy did, or maybe Peggy wasn’t her mother.

Mary Ann Kyle (1809-1878)

Mary Ann has her own entry on the family tree.

Henry Kyle, Jr. (1811-~1887)

There were two men named Henry Kyle/Kile born about 1811 in Tennessee who lived in Monroe County. I’m reasonably certain the first one below was the son of our Henry Kyle Sr., based on location and on a comparison of the names he gave his children to the names his sister Mary Ann gave her children. (“Asbury”? Yes, Asbury.) Online accounts claim Henry #2 as the son of Martha Ann Bankhead. Both Henrys are listed here because the untangling of their records is not complete.

#1: Henry Kyle of Sweetwater, Tennessee (4 Nov 1811-1887) was a farmer. His first wife was ?Gavisa? Keith (181x-184x), also from Tennessee. Their children:

Asbury “Berry” (15 Feb 1834-9 Oct 1923) — m. Eliza Watson

Nancy Ann (29 Mar 1835-4 Jun 1896) — m. Newton Foland on 6 Mar 1861

George Washington, Sr. (15 May 1839-18 Mar 1898) — m. Rebecca DeLozier about 1869

William Henry Harrison (17 Jan 1841-28 Oct 1880) — m. Sarah DeLozier on 13 Aug 1867

David D. (1841-????) — prob. adopted

Mary Jane (13 Feb 1843-2 Jan 1914) — m. Joseph Hugh Cunningham on 13 Sep 1865

The 1840 census of Monroe County listed Henry and his wife, both in their twenties, with a boy age 5-9 and a boy and girl under 5. That would be Asbury, Nancy, and George. Gavisa – was that really her name? – died in the 1840s. The 1850 census listed Henry with no wife and five children; David wasn’t there.

On 10 Sep 1850, Henry married Rachel Ragdsdale (28 Dec 1816-186x). She was still with him in the 1860 census for Monroe County, but they apparently had no children together, or at least none that survived. Son David appeared in the 1860 census, so why was he missing in 1850? He could have just been overlooked, but it’s more likely he was adopted, especially given the overlap with Harrison’s date of birth. Maybe he was Rachel’s son from a previous marriage?

Rachel must have died in the early 1860s. According to one source, it was 1865. On 3 Jul 1865, Henry married Sarah “Sallie” Lane (~1825-19xx). They had two sons:

Joseph Jones (29 Apr 1866-9 Jan 1954) — m. Mollie Frances Samples on 1 Aug 1888; m. Mary Catherine “Mollie” Whiteside on 22 Jan 1902

Jacob Howard (30 Jun 1867-18 Jan 1941) — m. Addie Caroline Hoyle on 25 Dec 1891

The 1870 census for Monroe County listed Henry (58) and Sarah (43) with sons Joseph (4) and Jacob (3), plus three farmhands aged 12, 15, and 25 and a girl age 13, all with different last names.

The last record for Henry is the 1880 census, in which he said his father was from Pennsylvania and his mother from Tennessee. He and Sarah still had both their sons at home. He reportedly died in 1887 (the claimed 1884 date is the other Henry Kile). Two of his children are buried in Christianburg Baptist Church Cemetery, Sweetwater, Monroe County, but I don’t know about Henry himself. In 1900, Sallie was living with son Joseph, still in Monroe County.

#2: Henry Kile of Morgan County, Alabama (16 Nov 1811-6 Jul 1884), the son of Patsy Bankhead reportedly born in Monroe County, Tennessee, was a doctor. It appears his first wife was named Susannah, and his second, in the early 1840s, was Margaret Susannah Ragains (3 Mar 1820-????). Or he had just one wife who went by two names and was very tired. Why tired? Count the children:

Elizabeth Jane (1834-1884) — m. Short

Tressey Ann (1836-1904) — m. Bedwell

William (1837-1914)

Lucinda E. (1839-????)

Newton (12 Jul 1841-1877) — m. Sarah C. McDonald in 1861

Spencer

Jasper William (23 Jun 1843-29 Jan 1924) — m. Permelia Evaline Short on 16 Oct 1867

Sarah Levina (1845-1894) — m. William M. Randolph in 1866

Susannah Caroline (1847-1903) — m. Pennel

Henry H. (10 Jan 1849-25 Jan 1929) — m. Mary Ann “Polly” Million in 1869

Margaret (1855-1855)

Henry died in 1884 and is buried in Morgan County. His son Jasper, who fought with the Georgia 60th Infantry during the Civil War, moved to Texas in 1880 or 1881.

Jacob Kyle (1816-1883)

Jacob’s first wife was Fanny, about whom I know almost nothing. They had one child:

Henry (1836-????)

They divorced after Jacob accused Fanny of infidelity in 1838. Jacob married Sarah Ann Airhart/Earhard (25 Feb 1814-1856) on 7 Apr 1839 in Monroe County. Their children:

John A. (1840-17 Apr 1862) — m. Roseanna Francine Adlé on 6 Sep 1860

James Melton (Mar 1842-after 1920) — m. Cecilia Spillman on 27 Jun 1869

Jacob, Jr. (1845-1866) — supposedly d. in Indiana

William Gordon (7 Jan 1848-25 Aug 1897) — m. Annie Elizabeth Marshall

Martha Jane “Mattie” (Apr 1851-?Aug 1906?) — m. James A. Jarrett on 13 Jul 1879

Herriette/Harriet C. (1854-????) — m. Duncan McLaren on 29 Jan 1871; m. Peter Waters

The 1840 Monroe County census showed Jacob and family still there, near Jacob’s parents. It showed a separate household headed by a young woman named Fanny Kyle with a boy under 5 – Jacob’s ex and son Henry. Around 1840 Jacob and Sarah moved to Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, where they remained. Henry was with his father there in the 1850 census, but later returned to Tennessee, and I haven’t found him after that. Sarah died in Louisiana in 1856.

In 1858 Jacob married Sarah Elizabeth Rinkel (11 Jul 1821-1912) from Louisiana, the widow of his neighbor Francois Adlé. She and Jacob had one child together, named for his older half-brother John, a Confederate soldier who died in Kentucky:

John A. (186x-186x)

The Roseanna Adlé who married Jacob’s eldest son John was Elizabeth’s daughter by her first marriage. The Sarah Alise Kile (1861-1927) who was with the family in the 1870 census was the only child of John and Roseanna, so grand-daughter to both Jacob and Elizabeth.

Jacob was appointed postmaster to the town of Kisatchie in 1879. In the 1880 census, he said his father was from Pennsylvania and his mother from South Carolina. Besides him and Elizabeth, the household consisted of Amalie Adlé (33), relationship to Elizabeth unknown; a young man named Frank Springer (22); and three grandchildren of Elizabeth with the last name Bush, their mother Charity Victoria Adlé having recently died.

Jacob died in 1883 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish under a stone that says, “The way of the cross leads home”. Elizabeth died in 1912 (one source says 2 Feb 1909, but her gravestone says 1912) and is buried in Beasley Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish.

Margaret Ann “Peggy” Kyle (1825-1886)

Peggy has been claimed as a daughter of this family, but there’s reason to doubt it: she said in the 1880 census that her father was from England, and she was born when her presumed mother would have been over 50. On the other hand, she moved to the same area of Arkansas as Mary Ann Kyle Roberts. She’s listed here until the matter is resolved one way or another. She married John Marion Hall (16 Dec 1823-185x) in 1849 in Monroe County, Tennessee. They had one child:

George Alexander (23 Mar 1850-23 Oct 1910) — m. Mary Jane Massa on 15 Oct 1871

After John’s death, Peggy moved to Ash Flat, Arkansas. She established a homestead about 1856, and married Hugh Prior Brawley (1821-186x) on 19 Oct 1856 in Lawrence County, Arkansas. They lived in Pleasant Ridge Township, Fulton County. They had two children:

Hugh Prior, Jr. (Jul 1857-31 Dec 1925) — m. Mary Elizabeth Wiles in 1878

Mary C. (1862-????)

Hugh, Sr. must have died in the 1860s. In 1870, Peggy and her three children were living with J. B. Hall and family. A brother of her first husband? In 1880, she was living with just daughter Mary. Peggy died in 1886, and is buried in Old Baptist Cemetery, Ash Flat, Sharp County.

Links

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPM-668 -- 1830 census, as Henry Hile (go to image 34)

http://tngennet.org/monroe/1830/1830d.htm -- 1830 census, transcribed

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-K6QX -- 1839 wedding of Jacob

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-KRVV -- ditto

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-4QC -- 1840 census (three other Kile families on same page)

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-W11 -- 1840 census, Jacob’s ex-wife

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-W8X -- 1840 census, John Kyle, 20-something; don’t know who he was

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJ4-SG7 -- 1850 census, Jacob

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPW-621 -- 1860 census, Jacob

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57592787/a-kyle -- 1862 grave of Jacob’s son John, buried as “A. Kyle”

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-KBP7 -- ditto

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M877-KBW -- 1870 census, Jacob

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXM-W9P -- 1880 census, Jacob

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJ8-H7C -- 1880 census, Jacob’s daughter Mattie

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37054893 -- 1883 grave of Jacob

https://www.geni.com/people/Jacob-Kile/6000000020855414014 -- Ditto

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS59-3ZK -- 1900 census, Jacob’s daughter Mattie

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV77-R7N -- 1920 census, Jacob’s son James

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3QQ-DDW -- 1921 death of Jacob’s son-in-law James Jarrett

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243678912/james-m-kile -- undated grave of Jacob’s son James

http://tngennet.org/monroe/modist.htm -- Districts of Monroe County

https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=373&p=surnames.kyle -- Henry Kyle, Sr.

https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.kyle/1076.3/mb.ashx -- ditto

http://www.tngenweb.org/monroe/kile.htm -- Story of William Watson Kile born 1831 in Monroe County

http://www.tngenweb.org/loudon/family/kile.html -- Slightly updated version of the same story

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/l/a/Kenneth-R-Klamm/index.html -- Various stories tracing back to William Watson Kile

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/kile/5/ -- long thread about the Kiles; lotta noise

https://sites.google.com/site/kilefamilygenealogy/ -- Family page

https://www.myheritage.com/names/sarah_kile -- Covers Jacob’s wives

https://www.myheritage.com/names/jacob_kile -- Includes son Jacob, grandson Jacob

https://www.myheritage.com/names/margaret_kile -- Claims a child named Margaret born 1824, which is hard to believe

http://thelostcauseky.blogspot.com/2009/03/ -- story of Jacob’s son John, plus propaganda

Links for Henry Kyle, Jr. of Monroe County, Tennessee

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-W11 -- 1840 census; looks like “Henry Koil”

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDR-JKY -- 1850 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-2QSM -- 1850 wedding #2

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T1-6SC -- 1860 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-KN9F -- 1861 wedding of daughter Nancy

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-KRHV -- 1865 wedding #3

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-KJMK -- 1865 wedding of daughter Mary

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-KV3W -- 1867 wedding of son William

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDV-SHV -- 1870 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDJ-1W9 -- 1870 census, son Asbury

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWM-9YY -- 1880 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWM-S3T -- 1880 census, son Asbury

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWM-S3J -- 1880 census, son George

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7B-PDF -- 1880 census, son William H.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWM-SQQ -- 1880 census, daughter Nancy

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25721313/william-henry-kile -- 1880 grave of son William H.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35569066 -- 1896 grave of daughter Nancy

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76900767 -- 1898 grave of son George

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSC2-XTS -- 1900 census, son Joseph and widow Sallie

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSKB-SLZ -- 1923 death of son Asbury, botched certificate

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSM5-WMS -- 1941 death of son Jacob

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89219153/jacob-h-kile -- 1941 grave, son Jacob

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS5L-JJW -- 1954 death of son Joseph

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35598786 -- 1954 grave, son Joseph

Uncertain Links

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR4-Z54 -- 1800 census, a Henry Kyle in Pennsylvania

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH23-N9V -- 1810 census, a G. Kile and John Kile in Kershaw, South Carolina

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ7L-YYJ -- 1826 wedding of a William Samples, prob. not this one

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPM-XM2 -- 1830 census, William Samples -- go back two pages

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYG-475 -- 1840 census, William Samples

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDT-7LC -- 1850 census, Peggy Kile and presumed daughter Polly

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T1-2XH -- 1860 census, Peggy’s presumed daughter Polly

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6D-7FR -- 1861 wedding of Polly’s daughter Margaret

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDV-S35 -- 1870 census, Peggy’s presumed daughter Polly

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDV-S3R -- 1870 census, Peggy’s presumed daughter Polly

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWM-SS4 -- 1880 census, Peggy’s presumed daughter Polly

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81106787/samuel-henry-samples -- 19xx grave of Polly’s son Samuel

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9TG-7S6 -- 1924 death of Polly’s daughter Mary

http://grapeland.net/Historypages/Kyle-Family.htm -- Detailed history of the other Kyle family

Links for Henry Kile of Morgan County, Alabama, Who Was Not a Clark Ancestor

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB4-NYC -- 1840 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVC-QQ1 -- 1867 wedding of Jasper

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45772383 -- 1884 grave

https://www.myheritage.com/names/henry_kile -- Includes parents

https://www.geni.com/people/Henry-Kile-II/6000000010191426115 -- Dates FUBAR

https://www.myheritage.com/names/newton_kyle -- Son Newton

https://www.myheritage.com/names/susannah_kile -- Daughter Susannah

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14862070 -- 1924 grave of Jasper

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSLQ-H7V -- 1929 death of son Henry

Links for Alleged Daughter Peggy Kyle

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-KXYY -- 1849 wedding

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDR-JW1 -- 1850 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQRC-16R -- 1856 wedding

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8W9-M2Z -- 1860 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC3-JQN -- 1870 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N99R-N32 -- 1871 wedding of Peggy’s son George

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW7-NP6 -- 1880 census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW7-NPV -- 1880 census, Peggy’s son George

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21767320/margaret-ann-brawley -- 1886 grave

https://billiongraves.com/grave/GEORGE-A-HALL/9424082 -- 1910 grave of Peggy’s son George

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/states/topics/ar/sharp/416/ -- Reminiscences from a descendant

Patsy Bankhead, Who Was Not a Clark Ancestor

John Henry KYLE, Sr. (12 Jun 1773-18xx) + Martha Ann “Patsy” BANKHEAD (12 Jul 1780-22 Nov 1866)

James Henry Bankhead (23 Apr 1800-12 Jun 1873) — m. Louisa Victoria Spencer on 24 Nov 1823

John Henry (1802-1870) — m. Rosannah

Henry (16 Nov 1811-1884) — UNSURE; m. Margaret Susannah Ragains

Matthew Gideon (8 Sep 1812-25 Dec 1879) — m. Margaret Jones

William Wallace ()

Elizabeth (1819)

Patsy was born in South Carolina to Dr. James Greer Bankhead (1742-????) and Elizabeth Rhea Black (1746-????). She married Henry in South Carolina about 1797. In the 1840s she was living in Alabama, and by 1850 was in Texas. Patsy died in 1866 and is buried in Jones-Kyle Family Cemetery, San Pedro, Houston County, Texas.